HIST 2655

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HIST 2655
American Political Thought

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This course offers a survey of American political thought from the colonial period to the present. We will read Puritan sermons, revolutionary pamphlets, philosophical treatises, presidential orations, slave narratives, prison writings, and other classic texts, in order to understand the ideas and debates that have shaped American politics. Topics to be discussed will include the meaning of freedom, the relationship between natural rights and constitutional authority, the idea of popular sovereignty, theories of representation and state power, race and national identity, problems of inequality, and the place of religion in public life. Lectures will be organized around both historical context and close reading of primary texts. (GOVT-PT, HIST-HNA)


Distribution Requirements (HA-AG), (HST-AS)

Program Requirements (GOVT-PT), (HIST-HNA)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2669, GOVT 2665

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6531 HIST 2655   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6532 HIST 2655   DIS 201

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    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6533 HIST 2655   DIS 202

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    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6534 HIST 2655   DIS 203

  •  
    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6535 HIST 2655   DIS 204

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    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person